Question

What is the difference between divergent evolution, convergent evolution and adaptive convergence

Answer 1

when the organisms have same common ancestor which later on radiated to diffferent lands to evolve accordingly to the local conditions and habitations it is a divergent evoultion.it is also indicated by darwin as a branching decent. on opposite end when the different unrelated organisms having different origins occupy the similar habitat to develop similar kind of appereance , behaviour, body patterns then we say as convergent evoultion or adaptive convergence/parallel evolution.....